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Fairfax Council signals support to remove age/disability limits for ADUs, to study detached units separately
Summary
Council members agreed to remove age/disability and outdated family-language requirements for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and directed staff to pursue a zoning-text amendment; council also asked staff to study detached ADUs later with robust community outreach and to consider parking/enforcement implications.
Eric Foreman, the city planner leading the session on accessory dwelling units, told council the city currently permits attached ADUs under limits (owner-occupancy requirement, size caps tied to the main dwelling and a two-bedroom maximum) and includes an age/ disability occupancy requirement and a family-household term that staff recommends removing.
Foreman presented three preliminary sizing options for detached ADUs (50% of the house footprint; a flat square-foot cap such as 800 sq ft; or a…
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